An image found in Urithiru

[Braizier]

This recently rediscovered image is believed to be from the final days of the false desolation. This “Full Set” is perhaps the final strike team to be issued out of Urithiru before its abandonment.

Consisting of one representative from each order of Surgebinders they were tasked with pursing escaping Parsh and what was at the time believed to be the last remaining Thunderclast into the broken ruins of Stormseat.

Tensions between the orders were already apparently high at the time of their sending, regardless no one save the Bondsmith ever returned, and no other record of what they found or experienced exists today.

(scholars note: there are several spren, plants, and cremlings scattered throughout the background and margins, one wonders what other secrets may be hiding in this sketch.) 

[Vivid2323 she/her]

Love the scholars notes comment  Also just very cool

Edited April 14, 2019 by Vivid2323

[TheGirlWhoLookedUp she/her]

That’s amazing! I love all the details you included like the glyphs on the Shardplate and the different radiants in the background. Feels very real.

[Braizier]

2 hours ago, TheGirlWhoLookedUp said:

That’s amazing! I love all the details you included like the glyphs on the Shardplate and the different radiants in the background. Feels very real.

Thank you for noticing. I’m very detail oriented and since the actual illustration size is huge (much larger than would fit on a screen at full size) I was afraid many of the little details would be lost. These are the “secrets” the scholars notes refer to. 

[king of nowhere]

At first, I thought it was a piece of official art commissioned for the 4th book that we got a preview of. it's really good.

[Braizier]

2 hours ago, king of nowhere said:

At first, I thought it was a piece of official art commissioned for the 4th book that we got a preview of. it's really good.

You are too kind. Seriously.  I’m blushing. 

[+ILuvHats he/him]

Wow, that’s a fantastic work. Quick question though. Which order is the cloaked figure in the middle of the upper left quadrant?

[Braizier]

Lightweaver. There’s a cryptic on the hem, and I guess that one soulcast so much they’ve started to look rather inhuman Underneath the cloak. 

[+Invocation]

Quick question: is that a Cryptic or a plant clinging to the wall level with the main Truthwatcher figure's hand, diagonal and to the left of the jumping/falling figure?

[Braizier]

 

2 hours ago, Invocation said:

Quick question: is that a Cryptic or a plant clinging to the wall level with the main Truthwatcher figure's hand, diagonal and to the left of the jumping/falling figure?

It’s supposed to be an open vine bud like the closed one in the foreground. I rushed that one really bad. 

Edited April 16, 2019 by Braizier

[+Invocation]

8 hours ago, Braizier said:

It’s supposed to be an open vine bud like the closed one in the foreground. I rushed that one really bad. 

It looks good! I'm just not very good at distinguishing small stuff like that.

[+Keeper Exile]

I just noticed the eyes in the bottom right canyon. That kind of details makes this an amazing piece of art. Please make more!

[Braizier]

2 hours ago, Keeper Exile said:

I just noticed the eyes in the bottom right canyon. That kind of details makes this an amazing piece of art. Please make more!

Thank you very much. That was one of the last touches I added, and there are still several more Easter eggs that haven’t yet been noticed . Since I just finished this one after working on it on and off for so long I’m not really sure what to draw next. 

[+Doomstick he/him]

why is there a shardblade stuck in the ground and not dismissed? (bottom of upper right quadrant)

and is that a space whale I see? 

[Snipexe he/him]

28 minutes ago, AonDii said:

why is there a shardblade stuck in the ground and not dismissed? (bottom of upper right quadrant)

and is that a space whale I see? 

There’s a Knight right next to it.

[Braizier]

Not only that but it’s a very specific sword. (And the space whale is a hastily added cloud) - and if we’re really pulling hairs here why are ANY of their weapons out- why not spren floating next to them. Because swords are cool. 

[+Doomstick he/him]

53 minutes ago, Braizier said:

 

Not only that but it’s a very specific sword

 

Helaran->Kaladin->Amaram's?

 

54 minutes ago, Braizier said:

(And the space whale is a hastily added cloud)

there are 2! they look like floating rocks-ish things (above the cloaked figure and the truthwatcher's right shoulder)

[Braizier]

1 hour ago, AonDii said:

Helaran->Kaladin->Amaram's?

 

there are 2! they look like floating rocks-ish things (above the cloaked figure and the truthwatcher's right shoulder)

Nope none of those. It’s fairly recognizable; in the official art of all 3 books. 

 

And... yeah. 2 clouds. Like I said. I added them towards the end when I just wanted the drawing to be done. I also think they look like rocks. 

[+Invocation]

That's Jezrien's Honorblade, I believe, judging from the ripples. I'm almost tempted to say Oathbringer as well, though. Am I correct on either count, @Braizier?

Edited April 17, 2019 by Invocation

[Braizier]

No! Sorry, I feel like by now they have all been guessed other than it! My fave shardblade design so far is Adolins- Mayalaran pre- deadeye. I think she was bonded to an edge-dancer

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Edited April 17, 2019 by Braizier
Added picture reference from book

[+Invocation]

2 minutes ago, Braizier said:

No! Sorry, I feel like by now they have all been guessed other than it! My fave shardblade design so far is Adolins- Mayalaran pre- deadeye. I think she was bonded to an edge-dancer

Snap. I thought I had it with the Honorblade thing.

Good touch, though.

Edited April 17, 2019 by Invocation

[Braizier]

jezrians is probably the most frequently illustrated one though, and Honor blades have a notable history of being stabbed into the ground and left behind, but I really wanted to include at least one blade we had already seen in a pre recreance state. 

[+Doomstick he/him]

16 hours ago, Braizier said:

And... yeah. 2 clouds. Like I said. I added them towards the end when I just wanted the drawing to be done. I also think they look like rocks. 

what about the thing above truth's head?

[Braizier]

1 minute ago, AonDii said:

what about the thing above truth's head?

It’s a concentration spren. Described in edgedancer as circular ripples in the air above people’s heads. It’s my theory that concentration spren will have a connection to truth watchers in the same way windspren are tied to wind runners, creation spren to light-weavers, and glory spren to bondsmiths. 

[+Doomstick he/him]

Just now, Braizier said:

It’s a concentration spren. Described in edgedancer as circular ripples in the air above people’s heads. It’s my theory that concentration spren will have a connection to truth watchers in the same way windspren are tied to wind runners, creation spren to light-weavers, and glory spren to bondsmiths. 

whatever you say...